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Umbria dreaming
We opted for a villa in Umbria for our family stay rather than Tuscany. Why? We’ve all done Tuscany and it is gorgeous, beautiful, movie-like even, but we decided we wanted to get away from...
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Finding our Umbria palazzo
An exciting day! I was meeting my family for a wonderful holiday in the mother country. We live all over Australia and I was really looking forward to being altogether again. We picked up hire cars at...
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Orvieto: Lesson no.1, remember where you park
The fun and games driving in Italy with my crazy family continue. Mum, Dad, Susie, Zorba and I all decided to head to the nearby hilltop medieval town of Orvieto. Ben was tired from jet lag, as were...
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Bolsena, Lazio (near Umbria)
Bolsena is an ancient hill top medieval town that dates back hundreds of years. According to Wikipedia, records for Bolsena Lake – which is a huge crater filled with water – date back to 105 AD. From...
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Assisi, Umbria
A reluctant brother-in-law Ben conceded to a majority ruling of visiting Assisi, the Umbrian town made famous by it’s patron saint, St Francis of Assisi. Ben was reluctant because Assist is a 1.5 hour...
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Italian supermarkets
Oh how I LOVE Italian supermarkets! Most of them (not all mind you), have the most fantastic produce, delis, and butchers. Supermarket shopping when I travel is something I love to do. It gives a real...
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Numero Uno restaurant in Orvieto, Umbria
I think everyone should experiencing eating in Italy in their life, even if just once. The Italians understand pleasure and they understand food – and more over, there is awesome produce readily...
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Spello, pretty little Spello, Umbria
To quote my favourite guidebook in the universe, Lonely Planet, “Just when you think Umbrian towns can’t get any prettier, along comes Spello“. And they were right. This gorgeous little hilltop...
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Umbrian antics
As we prepare to leave our Umbrian palace, Laguscello, we will all be doing so with fond, fond memories. My top memories are: Getting ridiculously lost trying to find the villa, despite having written...
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Memories of our Umbria Palace
This time last year, our family holiday to Europe was coming to an end. One of the highlights was staying at what I called our Umbrian Palace, Laguscello. This beautiful farm house was tucked away...
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